I have set up a server in a homelab using Proxmox, on top of Debian Trixie, thanks to the evangelizing of @stefano and @gyptazy (thanks fellas!).
All went fine, except Proxmox doesn't accept the only user on the Debian install before it. I used 'sudo' on the Debian install, therefore no root account.
Do I need a dedicated root user for #Proxmox to operate?

I have set up a server in a homelab using Proxmox, on top of Debian Trixie, thanks to the evangelizing of @stefano and @gyptazy (thanks fellas!).
All went fine, except Proxmox doesn't accept the only user on the Debian install before it. I used 'sudo' on the Debian install, therefore no root account.
Do I need a dedicated root user for #Proxmox to operate?

@tcrouzet @blablux
moi mes filtres anti-IA ne leur permettent pas de lire mes sites 😷
dans un sens c'est satisfaisant.
J'ai opté pour l'auto-hébergement #proxmox #yunohost <10W depuis quelques années pour répondre à la nécessité perso d'avoir les outils le plus slow-tech possible même si au début ça semblait très high-tech!
mais pouvoir voir les flux gigantesques de visites et sans rapport avec la simple lecture de page me pose toujours question.
Rester prétexte à l’entropie ou la combattre?

We at @credativde@mastodon.social are launching our very first & free open-source virtualization gathering in Germany, Mönchengladbach.

This new community event brings together everyone who’s passionate about open virtualization technologies, whether it’s Proxmox VE, XCP-ng, bhyve, Harvester, or any of the countless projects that make open infrastructure thrive. It’s about sharing experiences, learning from each other, and connecting with those who build and rely on open platforms every day.

We start the evening with two talks:

* "Enterprise-Ready? How people use Proxmox VE & Ceph" by Ronald Otto from Tuxis B.V.

* "BoxyBSD – Creating a free VPS hosting platform" by Florian Paul Azim Hoberg from credativ GmbH

Afterwards, the space opens up for discussion, networking, and casual chats. If you like to join with a talk, please feel free to reach out to me.

More details can be found here:
* https://gyptazy.com/open-source-virtualization-gathering-in-germany-monchengladbach/
* https://www.credativ.de/blog/aktuelles/open-source-virtualization-gathering-dezember-2025/
* https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/monchengladbach-oss-virtualization-gathering/events/311284475/

Tags: #meet #meetup #gathering #virtualization #virtualisation #container #kvm #proxmox #proxlb #xcpng #xen #bhyve #sylve #klee #kleene #incus #vmware #alternatives #opensource #free

We at @credativde@mastodon.social are launching our very first & free open-source virtualization gathering in Germany, Mönchengladbach.

This new community event brings together everyone who’s passionate about open virtualization technologies, whether it’s Proxmox VE, XCP-ng, bhyve, Harvester, or any of the countless projects that make open infrastructure thrive. It’s about sharing experiences, learning from each other, and connecting with those who build and rely on open platforms every day.

We start the evening with two talks:

* "Enterprise-Ready? How people use Proxmox VE & Ceph" by Ronald Otto from Tuxis B.V.

* "BoxyBSD – Creating a free VPS hosting platform" by Florian Paul Azim Hoberg from credativ GmbH

Afterwards, the space opens up for discussion, networking, and casual chats. If you like to join with a talk, please feel free to reach out to me.

More details can be found here:
* https://gyptazy.com/open-source-virtualization-gathering-in-germany-monchengladbach/
* https://www.credativ.de/blog/aktuelles/open-source-virtualization-gathering-dezember-2025/
* https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/monchengladbach-oss-virtualization-gathering/events/311284475/

Tags: #meet #meetup #gathering #virtualization #virtualisation #container #kvm #proxmox #proxlb #xcpng #xen #bhyve #sylve #klee #kleene #incus #vmware #alternatives #opensource #free

I’ve been gifted an old Dell server and I have no idea what to do with it. It’s got more compute than I know what to do with when compared to my laptop running proxmox. Any suggestions are welcome.

I haven’t booted it yet to confirm but from memory it’s got the following:

8x 240GB SSD

90GB RAM

2 Intel Xeon’s (not sure of the core count)

#server #homelab #proxmox #dell #intel

Still looking how to balance your VMs in #Proxmox clusters? #ProxLB 1.1.9 is here!

This release adds features that were requested during the #DutchProxmoxDay2025 which was hosted by our friends Tuxis (tuxis.nl). I'm hearing your feedback and all your feedback from the community and user base is important to me, so let me introduce the following new features:

* Add an optional memory balancing threshold
* Add affinity/anti-affinity support by pools
* Add pressure (PSI) based balancing for memory, cpu, disk
* Pressure (PSI) based balancing for nodes
* Pressure (PSI) based balancing for guests

You can simply upgrade via APT or by obtaining the latest Docker/Container image. PSI based balancing (still in beta) requires Proxmox VE 9 or greater.

Thanks to my employer
@credativ@mastodon.social (https://credativ.de) who provides me the required time to work at this.

GitHub: https://github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB
GitHub Release: https://github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB/releases/tag/v1.1.9
Author: @gyptazy@gyptazy.com

#PVE #Proxmox #Community #OpenSource #FOSS #gyptazy #DutchProxmoxDay #coding #projects #virtualization #vms #hypervisor #homelab #vmware #alternatives #pve #balancing

Still looking how to balance your VMs in #Proxmox clusters? #ProxLB 1.1.9 is here!

This release adds features that were requested during the #DutchProxmoxDay2025 which was hosted by our friends Tuxis (tuxis.nl). I'm hearing your feedback and all your feedback from the community and user base is important to me, so let me introduce the following new features:

* Add an optional memory balancing threshold
* Add affinity/anti-affinity support by pools
* Add pressure (PSI) based balancing for memory, cpu, disk
* Pressure (PSI) based balancing for nodes
* Pressure (PSI) based balancing for guests

You can simply upgrade via APT or by obtaining the latest Docker/Container image. PSI based balancing (still in beta) requires Proxmox VE 9 or greater.

Thanks to my employer
@credativ@mastodon.social (https://credativ.de) who provides me the required time to work at this.

GitHub: https://github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB
GitHub Release: https://github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB/releases/tag/v1.1.9
Author: @gyptazy@gyptazy.com

#PVE #Proxmox #Community #OpenSource #FOSS #gyptazy #DutchProxmoxDay #coding #projects #virtualization #vms #hypervisor #homelab #vmware #alternatives #pve #balancing

@_elena I have been thinking on playing with #matrix and chat and also I want a private kanban solution. So that would be a nice little project.
I have #proxmox as basis so a #Linux VM extra at home is no problem.
All runs in a closet
#HomeLab

Am Wochenende den Umzug meines #Homelab von #Kubernetes zurück zu "normalen" Dockern vollzogen. Allerdings nicht eine große VM auf meinem #Proxmox Host, sondern thematisch sortiert.

Dazu haben manche Anwendungen wie #Immich oder #Paperless ihre eigenen VMs bekommen. Einfach zur sauberen Abgrenzung.

Are you in #tech and running your own #Fediverse instance? You might want to join an Activity Pub relay instance!

My relay at https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com has currently 139 instances connected, mostly tech related sharing the same mindset and interests like #Linux, #BSD, #Ansible, #Proxmox, #Coding, and many more! You can easily join from your instance when using #Pleroma, #snac ( #snac2), #Mastodon and its forks 🙂

#fedi #fediworld #fedicommunity #community #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #homelab #Python #Debian #RockyLinux #Feditips

Are you in #tech and running your own #Fediverse instance? You might want to join an Activity Pub relay instance!

My relay at https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com has currently 139 instances connected, mostly tech related sharing the same mindset and interests like #Linux, #BSD, #Ansible, #Proxmox, #Coding, and many more! You can easily join from your instance when using #Pleroma, #snac ( #snac2), #Mastodon and its forks 🙂

#fedi #fediworld #fedicommunity #community #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #homelab #Python #Debian #RockyLinux #Feditips

Automated Security Patch Management for #Proxmox clusters? The next major feature of #ProxLB comes with automated node patching on Proxmox clusters! This becomes real with the upcoming version 1.2.0!

#opensource #pve #proxmoxve #foss #debian #linux #apt #security #homelab

Automated Security Patch Management for #Proxmox clusters? The next major feature of #ProxLB comes with automated node patching on Proxmox clusters! This becomes real with the upcoming version 1.2.0!

#opensource #pve #proxmoxve #foss #debian #linux #apt #security #homelab

🚀 Live from the Dutch #Proxmox Day in Ede: #ProxLB takes the stage!

Today, you can get some more insights about the ProxLB project at the Dutch Proxmox Day 2025, hosted by our friends Tuxis (tuxis.nl)! Even I cannot make it, I'm really happy to know that my mate @formorer@rollenspiel.social (from @credativde@mastodon.social) is stepping in for me to provide you more information and details about ProxLB and its functions!

Together, we can improve and create a fully open source based virtualization environment, fitting all needs - and Proxmox is a perfect base! And we will also see some more talks from Tuxis (tuxis.nl), Proxmox Server Solutions, ESA and Veeam Software.

#opensource #proxmox #pve #foss #virtualization #conference #talk #dutchproxmoxday #dutchproxmoxday2025

🚀 Live from the Dutch #Proxmox Day in Ede: #ProxLB takes the stage!

Today, you can get some more insights about the ProxLB project at the Dutch Proxmox Day 2025, hosted by our friends Tuxis (tuxis.nl)! Even I cannot make it, I'm really happy to know that my mate @formorer@rollenspiel.social (from @credativde@mastodon.social) is stepping in for me to provide you more information and details about ProxLB and its functions!

Together, we can improve and create a fully open source based virtualization environment, fitting all needs - and Proxmox is a perfect base! And we will also see some more talks from Tuxis (tuxis.nl), Proxmox Server Solutions, ESA and Veeam Software.

#opensource #proxmox #pve #foss #virtualization #conference #talk #dutchproxmoxday #dutchproxmoxday2025